When a recipe says 'brown sugar' how do you know which type of brown sugar to use?

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I've been looking for a nice fudge recipe and I found one that you do in a microwave. Sounds lovely but it requires 500g of 'brown sugar' is it caster sugar? Muscovado? Demerara? What?! My Tesco sells all of these except bog standard 'Brown sugar'

I wouldn't use any of your suggestions.... light or dark brown sugar....

It’s just brown sugar? It might be marketed as light or dark brown.

Muscovado and Demerara are both types of brown sugar, if that helps, but I’m not aware of any difference between them and the stuff labelled as brown sugar.

The type of sugar you use will impact on the taste. Just stick to light brown sugar. I would be wary of a microwave recipe though tbh.

I'd use demerera, but be wary of putting anything with a lot of sugar in the microwave, there's a high possibility of it catching fire

Demerera would be my last choice for fudge - it has massive crystals. Surely they wont disolve in a microwave, short cook, low stir recipie?

I'd use a light or soft brown. If a darker sugar is needed the recipe will usually say.

I think in reality, you can use any type, it will still make fudge, but dark muscovado will be dark/treacly, whereas light brown or light muscovado (not sure if these are actually the same or if there is any significant difference) would be lighter, and probably the best type.

Agree with a PP that the larger crystals of demerara might take too long to melt.

However, googling brings up two recipes with demarara sugar, so maybe not:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/11/how-to-make-the-perfect-fudge-felicity-cloake

www.carnation.co.uk/Recipes/67/Ultimate-Fudge

Nigella's recipe uses granulated sugar and notes that, when melted down, caster and granulated are identical, but granulated is cheaper.

www.nigella.com/ask/type-of-sugar-for-fudge

I use whatever is in my cupboard that needs using up! It has never made a noticeable difference.

So I bought light brown soft sugar and made the recipe I found and OMG, it is amazing, I've never made such tasty fudge before and it was so easy!! Not to mention there is absolutely tonnes of the stuff

Oooooo, recipe please! I want to reach in and grab some!

Why would you post that and not post the recipe?

Forgot that bit Happy fudge making!!

Thank you!

Will try that tomorrow. Do you have to put the white chocolate in do you think?

I don't know, I did but I'm not sure what melts are so I just used cooking chocolate and chopped it up really small.

The chocolate, being solid at room temp, will help with it setting.